Records with the King County Jail showed that Culotti was arrested three times so far this year, once for harassment and twice more for violations related to a previous conviction for first-degree arson.

That arson happened in 2001, when Culotti used gasoline to torch his mother's home near the Woodland Park Zoo. The home was being used at the time as a day care center, but all the children escaped the blaze.

At the time, relatives said Culotti suffered from severe mental disorders.